Windows Phone 7.8 is a certainty; it will land early 2013, according to Microsoft, for those who have certain legacy Windows Phone 7 devices, to bridge the gap between version-seven-phones and version-eight-devices. A recent Nokia survey shed some light on what both Microsoft and the manufacturer will include but we're now seeing some ROMs on Navifirm. Windows Phone 7.8 (with builds 8858.12560) has popped up on online and it looks like the targeted phones are the Lumia 800 and Lumia 510 (which was the first phone caught on camera running 7.8). According to reports the new version of the ...

Depending on who you ask and who you tend to believe Windows Phone 7.8 will arrive in early 2013, soon, in December or in the coming weeks. Fingers crosse it will happen before the Holidays -- and for everybody who needs it, regardless of make, model or carrier -- but regardless of the exact date, it is time, as usual when releases get closer, for some leaks. This time it's the Lumia 510, the most recent addition to Nokia's budget Lumia Windows Phone line-up, to flex its muscles. In the video below, coming from China, we're seeing the upcoming Windows Phone refresh for seven-devices ...

The Nokia Lumia 610 was a nice little budget Windows Phone running the 'Tango' version of the platform and the Nokia Lumia 51o has been no stranger. After seeing initial details, sightings and camera samples, Microsoft strategic partner Nokia today officially announced the phone as its "most affordable" Lumia model yet, a slight Lumia 610 downgrade. Colors are present, like on the rest of the Lumia line-up: red, yellow, cyan, white and black. Under the pigmented plastic there's a Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 processor clocking at 800MHz, four-inch WVGA screen, 256MB of RAM (bummer for some apps ...

Watch today's Pocketnow Daily as we go through all the Nexus 7 rumors, which include the possibility of a $99 Nexus 7. Then we move into iPad Mini territory with the recent leaks of the display and the battery, along with some probable retail dates. Then we talk about the Nokia Lumia 510, which may be coming soon, but not for the glory of your purchase or needs. We follow-up on the Galaxy S III Jelly Bean upgrades, though some news are good and some news are bad. We end today's show talking about the HTC J Butterfly and how this will impact HTC in a positive way. All this and more after ...

Even with Windows Phone 8 about to hit the scene, Nokia's far from done with WP7, and we've heard about the company's work on an all-new handset along those lines, the Lumia 510. Earlier this month, we got the chance to check out a couple images of the phone in the wild, where it still appeared to be running Tango. We're still anxious to get a closer look at the hardware itself, but in the meantime we have a fresh test pic from the 510's camera to check out. Snapped last week, the image's EXIF data reports it as coming from the Lumia 510, as well as confirms that the phone isn't yet ...

Make no mistakes about it: low-end is still big business when it comes to smartphones, especially as such hardware expands into new markets. While Nokia's got its Lumia 820 and 920 for the Windows Phone 8 launch, we've also heard about new hardware that will instead run Windows Phone 7.8. This Lumia 510 has shown up before in renders, but now we get a chance to look at it in the flesh. It looks like the phone's still running Tango in this image, but that should quickly be remedied once 7.8 becomes available. The handset seen here closely matches what we saw in those renders, basically ...

As autumn creeps in, the frantic pace of summer succumbs to the sluggish chill of the fall, and the world slows down to catch its breath. Unless, of course, you're talking mobile technology. This back-to-school season has been one of the most exciting and dynamic in memory, with smartphones and tablets from a huge array of manufacturers vying for our strained -but infinite- attention. Tune in to this week's Pocketnow Weekly podcast for in-depth discussion of the iPhone 5, iOS 6, Apple's Maps problems; Jelly Bean, Samsung, and LG phablets; Windows Phone's lawsuits, colors, and cameras; ...